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English

Etymology

Originated 1325–75 from Middle English verb giden or noun gide, from Old French verb guider or #French|noun guide, from Old Provençal guida, from guidar, from Germanic; see .

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /gaɪd/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-guide.ogg


Noun

  1. someone who #Verb|guides, especially someone hired to show people around a place or an institution and offer information and explanation.
  2. a document or book that offers information or instruction; guidebook.
  3. a sign that guides people; guidepost.
  4. any marking or object that catches the eye to provide quick reference.
  5. a device that guides part of a machine, or guides motion or action.
  6. a spirit believed to speak through a medium.
  7. a member of a group marching in formation who sets the pattern of movement or alignment for the rest.


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Translations

Verb

{{en-verb|guides|guiding|guided}}

  1. to serve as a guide for someone or something.
  2. to steer or navigate, especially a ship or as a pilot.
  3. to exert control or influence over someone or something.
  4. to supervise the education or training of someone.
  5. to act as a guide.


Translations

Translations to be checked


References


Category:1000 English basic words

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French

Pronunciation

  • An audio transcript can be found at Fr-guide.ogg


Noun

  1. #English|guide person, guidebook, or set itinerary.


References


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Italian

Noun

guide


ar:guide zh-min-nan:guide de:guide et:guide fa:guide fr:guide gl:guide ko:guide io:guide id:guide it:guide kk:guide ku:guide lo:guide hu:guide mr:guide nl:guide ja:guide pl:guide pt:guide ru:guide simple:guide fi:guide sv:guide ta:guide te:guide vi:guide zh:guide

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Guide \Guide\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Guided; p. pr. & vb. n.
Guiding.] [OE. guiden, gyden, F. guiaer, It. guidare; prob.
of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. ritan to watch over, give heed
to, Icel. viti signal, AS. witan to know. The word prob.
meant, to indicate, point to, and hence, to show the way. Cf.
Wit, Guy a rope, Gye.]
[1913 Webster]
1. To lead or direct in a way; to conduct in a course or
path; to pilot; as, to guide a traveler.
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I wish . . . you 'ld guide me to your sovereign's
court. --Shak.
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2. To regulate and manage; to direct; to order; to
superintend the training or education of; to instruct and
influence intellectually or morally; to train.
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He will guide his affairs with discretion. --Ps.
cxii. 5.
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The meek will he guide in judgment. --Ps. xxv. 9.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Guide \Guide\, n. [OE. giae, F. guide, It. guida. See Guide,
v. t.]
1. A person who leads or directs another in his way or
course, as in a strange land; one who exhibits points of
interest to strangers; a conductor; also, that which
guides; a guidebook.
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2. One who, or that which, directs another in his conduct or
course of life; a director; a regulator.
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He will be our guide, even unto death. --Ps. xlviii.
14.
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3. Any contrivance, especially one having a directing edge,
surface, or channel, for giving direction to the motion of
anything, as water, an instrument, or part of a machine,
or for directing the hand or eye, as of an operator; as:
(a) (Water Wheels) A blade or channel for directing the
flow of water to the wheel buckets.
(b) (Surgery) A grooved director for a probe or knife.
(c) (Printing) A strip or device to direct the
compositor's eye to the line of copy he is setting.
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4. (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer or soldier placed on the
directing flank of each subdivision of a column of troops,
or at the end of a line, to mark the pivots, formations,
marches, and alignments in tactics. --Farrow.
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Guide bar (Mach.), the part of a steam engine on which the
crosshead slides, and by which the motion of the piston
rod is kept parallel to the cylinder, being a substitute
for the parallel motion; -- called also guide, and
slide bar.

Guide block (Steam Engine), a block attached in to the
crosshead to work in contact with the guide bar.

Guide meridian. (Surveying) See under Meridian.

Guide pile (Engin.), a pile driven to mark a place, as a
point to work to.

Guide pulley (Mach.), a pulley for directing or changing
the line of motion of belt; an idler. --Knight.

Guide rail (Railroads), an additional rail, between the
others, gripped by horizontal driving wheels on the
locomotive, as a means of propulsion on steep gradients.
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WordNet guide
n 1: someone employed to conduct others [syn: usher]
2: someone who shows the way by leading or advising
3: something that offers basic information or instruction [syn:
guidebook]
4: a model or standard for making comparisons [syn: template,
templet]
5: someone who can find paths through unexplored territory
[syn: scout, pathfinder]
v 1: direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
[syn: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct,
point, head, channelize, channelise]
2: take somebody somewhere; "We lead him to our chief"; "can
you take me to the main entrance?"; "He conducted us to
the palace" [syn: lead, take, direct, conduct]
3: be a guiding force, as with directions or advice; "The
teacher steered the gifted students towards the more
challenging courses" [syn: steer]
4: use as a guide; "They had the lights to guide on" [syn: {guide
on}]
5: guide or pass over something; "He ran his eyes over her
body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine";
"He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: run, draw,
pass]
Moby Dictionary
Baedeker , Dutch uncle , Gyropilot , Masan , Polonius , abecedarian ,
accompany , admonisher , advise , adviser , advisor , advocate ,
air hole , allegorist , ancestor , ancestral spirits , angel ,
annotator , announcer , antecedent , apparition , appearance , armhole ,
arrow , astral , astral spirit , attend , attendant godling ,
automatic pilot , avant-garde , backseat driver , banshee ,
be the bellwether , beacon , bell cow , bellwether , blaze ,
blaze the trail , blowhole , boatheader , boatsteerer ,
break the trail , brief , broaden the mind , buccinator , bullet-hole ,
bunghole , bushwhacker , buttinsky , call the shots , catechize ,
certified teacher , chaperon , chart a course , chute , cicerone ,
civilize , clarifier , coach , commentator , compass needle ,
compendium , cond , conduct , conductor , confer , confidant , conn ,
consult with , consultant , contrive , control , convoy , counsel ,
counselor , courier , cowherd , coxswain , cringle , criterion , critic ,
cryptanalyst , cryptographer , cryptologist , daemon , deadeye , dean ,
decide , decoder , definer , demon , demonstrate , demonstrator ,
demythologizer , departed spirit , determine , diaskeuast , direct ,
direction , direction post , director , disembodied spirit , dispose ,
docent , doctor , dominie , don , doyen , dragoman , drive , drover ,
duppy , dybbuk , eaves trough , edify , editor , educate , educationist ,
educator , eidolon , emendator , emender , enchiridion , engineer ,
enlighten , escort , esquire , euhemerist , example , exegesist ,
exegete , exegetist , exemplar , expert , explainer , explicator ,
explorer , exponent , expositor , expounder , eye , eyelet ,
fairy godmother , familiar , familiar spirit , fellow , finger post ,
fist , forebear , foregoer , forerun , forerunner , form , front runner ,
frontiersman , fugleman , gasket , genius , genius domus , genius loci ,
get ahead of , get before , ghost , give instruction , give lessons in ,
go before , go-between , goatherd , good angel , good genius , govern ,
grateful dead , grommet , ground , groundbreaker , guard , guardian ,
guardian angel , guardian spirit , guideboard , guidebook , guidepost ,
guider , guiding light , guru , gutter , hand , handbook , handle , hant ,
harbinger , haunt , have the conn , have the start , head ,
head the line , helm , helmsman , herald , herd , herdsman , hermeneut ,
hold the reins , hour hand , household gods , ideal , idolum , illumine ,
immateriality , incorporeal , incorporeal being , incorporeity , index ,
index finger , influence , inform , innovator , inspiration , instruct ,
instructor , interpreter , introduce , invisible helper , keyhole ,
kibitz , kibitzer , knothole , landmark , lap , lares and penates ,
lares compitales , lares familiaris , lares permarini ,
lares praestites , lares viales , larva , lead , lead runner ,
lead the dance , lead the way , leader , lemures , lexicographer ,
light , light the way , lodestar , loop , loophole , lubber line ,
maestro , manage , manes , maneuver , manhole , manual , marker , marshal ,
master , materialization , meddle , meddler , melamed , mentor , mercury ,
messenger , metaphrast , milepost , ministering angel , minute hand ,
model , monitor , mousehole , mullah , navigate , navigator , needle ,
nestor , numen , oneirocritic , oni , open the eyes , operate , order ,
orienter , outstrip , oversee , pace , pandit , paraphrast , pathfinder ,
pedagogist , pedagogue , peephole , penates , penstock , pentrough ,
phantasm , phantasma , phantom , pigeonhole , pilot , pinhole , pioneer ,
placket , placket hole , point , pointer , poltergeist , porthole ,
precede , precedent , preceptist , preceptor , precursor , predecessor ,
prescribe , presence , professor , propose , punch-hole , pundit , rabbi ,
recommend , reeducate , regulate , revenant , river pilot , route , rule ,
run , scholiast , school , schoolkeeper , schoolmaster , schoolteacher ,
scout , see , set right , set the pace , shade , shadow , shape ,
shape a course , sharpen the wits , shepherd , shoot , show , show how ,
show the way , shrouded spirit , sign , signal , signboard , signpost ,
spearhead , special providence , specter , spectral ghost , spiracle ,
spirit , spook , sprite , squire , stand first , standard , starets ,
steer , steerer , steersman , stormy petrel , submit , suggest ,
superintend , supervise , sway , take out , take the helm ,
take the lead , tap , teach , teach a lesson , teach the rudiments ,
teacher , textual critic , theophany , totem , tour director ,
tour guide , trailblazer , trailbreaker , train , translator , trough ,
tutelar god , tutelary , tutor , unsubstantiality , usher , usher in ,
vade mecum , vanguard , vaunt-courier , vent , venthole , vision ,
voortrekker , wait on , walking dead man , wandering soul ,
wear the pants , wraith , zombie


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